Employee Benefit and Retirement Plans

9 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AND RETIREMENT PLANS

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AND RETIREMENT PLANS

We sponsor defined benefit pension plans in the U.S. and certain foreign locations. In addition, we sponsor defined contribution plans in the U.S. We also contribute to defined contribution plans in locations outside the U.S., including government-sponsored retirement plans. We also currently provide postretirement medical and life insurance benefits to certain U.S. employees and retirees. As more fully described in the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2019, during fiscal years 2018 and 2017, we made significant changes to our employee benefit and retirement plans that froze the accrual of future benefits under certain defined benefit pension plans in the U.S. and certain foreign locations.

The following table presents the components of our pension expense (income) of the defined benefit plans for the three months ended August 31, 2020 and 2019 (in millions):

	United States				International
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Defined benefit plans
Service cost	$	0.8	$	0.5	$	0.2	$	0.9
Interest costs	7.3		8.6		1.9		2.3
Expected return on plan assets	(10.2)		(10.6)		(3.7)		(4.0)
Amortization of prior service costs	0.2		0.1		0.1		—
Amortization of net actuarial losses	2.0		0.6		0.5		0.3
Settlement loss	—		—		0.7		—
Total pension expense (income)	$	0.1	$	(0.8)	$	(0.3)	$	(0.5)

The following table presents the components of our pension expense (income) of the defined benefit plans for the nine months ended August 31, 2020 and 2019 (in millions):

	United States				International
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Defined benefit plans
Service cost	$	2.4	$	1.5	$	0.7	$	2.7
Interest costs	22.0		25.8		5.6		7.1
Expected return on plan assets	(30.5)		(31.8)		(11.2)		(12.3)
Amortization of prior service costs	0.4		0.3		0.1		0.1
Amortization of net actuarial losses	5.9		1.8		1.5		0.9
Settlement loss	—		—		1.2		—
Total pension expense (income)	$	0.2	$	(2.4)	$	(2.1)	$	(1.5)

During the nine months ended August 31, 2020 and 2019, we contributed $9.3 million and $8.9 million, respectively, to our pension plans. Total contributions to our pension plans in fiscal year 2019 were $11.4 million.

The following table presents the components of our other postretirement benefits expense (income) (in millions):

	Three months ended August 31,				Nine months ended August 31,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Other postretirement benefits
Service cost	$	0.5	$	0.5	$	1.4	$	1.5
Interest costs	0.5		0.7		1.5		2.0
Amortization of prior service credits	(1.2)		(2.2)		(3.5)		(6.5)
Amortization of net actuarial gains	—		(0.1)		(0.1)		(0.5)
Total other postretirement benefits (income)	$	(0.2)	$	(1.1)	$	(0.7)	$	(3.5)

All of the amounts in the tables above for pension expense and other postretirement benefits expense, other than service cost, were included in the income statement caption "Other income, net" within our consolidated income statements. The aggregate amount of pension and other postretirement benefits (income) expenses, excluding service cost components, were $(1.9) million

and $(4.3) million for the three months ended August 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively and $(7.1) million and $(13.1) million for the nine months ended August 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.